Vol. 17, No. 28April 23, 1998

Thursday, April 23

Take Our Daughters to Work Day

Career services workshop: "Getting Ready for the Career Fair." Raub Hall, 12:30-1:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Particle physics seminar: "On the Origin of Mass Gap in (2+1)-dimensional Yang-Mills Theory," with Dimitra Karabali, Rockefeller University. 217 Sharp Laboratory, 2:30 p.m.

Women's lacrosse: Hofstra. Delaware Field, off Chestnut Hill Road, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3:30 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Agriculture and natural resources information session: on environmental majors. 208 Smith Hall, 3:30-4:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2508.

Mathmatical sciences seminar: topic to be announced, with Zhan Shi, University of Paris VI. 209 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Delaware seminar: "Fiction and Historical Consciousness in the United States: Dixon, Ford and Kingsley," with Harvey Green. Old College Lobby, 3:30 p.m., reception; 101 Recitation Hall, 4-5:30 p.m. Call 831-2678.

Geology seminar: "Disturbances in Daily Life: The Turbulent Environment," with Karen L. Prestegaard, University of Maryland at College Park. 004 Penny Hall, 3:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8750.

Career services workshop: "Women and the Job Search." Multipurpose Room C, Trabant University Center, 4-5:30 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Career services workshop: "Careers in Science." Multipurpose Room C, Trabant University Center, 6-7 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Earth Week film: The Medicine Man. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 p.m. Call 831-4253.

History/foreign languages and literatures lecture: "Judicial Virtue and Masculinity: the Image of the French Judge in the 1660s," with Orest Ranum, Johns Hopkins University. 004 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 831-2591.

Theatre: Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Black Arts Festival dance program: "360 Degrees: The Legacy Continues," presented by the Dark Arts Dance Production. Mitchell Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. FCall UD1-HENS.

Concert: Zen Guerrilla. Hen Zone, Perkins Student Center, 8:30 p.m.; doors open, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Friday, April 24

Electrical and computer engineering seminar: "Art and Analysis: Photons and Electrons," with James W. Mayer, Arizona State University. 208 Gore Hall, 11 a.m.

Entomology and applied ecology seminar: "Helping Behavior in the Florida Scrub-Jay: Implications for Kin Selection and Conservation Biology," with Ron Mumme, Allegheny College. 102 Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, noon; refreshments, 11:45 a.m.

English colloquium: "Bodies in the Surf: The Aesthetics of Life-saving in the 1880s and 1890s," with Daniel Lane. 103 Gore Hall, noon. For information, call 831-2361.

Theatre: with Khulumani Theatre Group. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 2 and 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Computer and information sciences lecture: "The State of Programming Support Software for High Performance Computers," with Ken Kennedy, Rice University. 205 Gore Hall, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-1953 or 831-2711.

Operations research seminar: topic to be announced, with Linda Bankowski, Quality Leader Associates. 201B Townsend Hall, 2-3 p.m.

Chemical engineering seminar: "Technology Needs and Research Opportunities in the Chemical Industry," with Louis Hegedus, Elf Atochem. 102-103 Colburn Labortory, 3 p.m.

Museum studies lecture: "The New Challenges of Presenting History in Museums," with Spencer R. Crew, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. 202 Old College, 3 p.m. For information, call 831-1251.

Mathematical sciences seminar: "Probabilistic Methods for Scattering by Obstacles: Preliminary Results," with Henryk Gzyl, University Central de Venezuela. 436 Ewing Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Biochemistry seminar: "The Locus Control Region of Globin Genes: A Case Study in Functional Genomics," with Ross C. Hardison, Penn State University. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

Theatre: Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Film: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.

Theatre: Tommy, presented by Harrington Theatre Arts Company, UD student drama group. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. Admission, $8 for the general public and $5 for students. For information, call 837-4000, ext. 36673.

Operas: The Songstress (La Canterina) and The Poor Sailor (Le pauvre matelot). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Cost, $6 for the public and $3 for students. For information, call 831-2577 or UD1-HENS.

Saturday, April 25

Ag Day: Townsend Hall grounds, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Theatre: with Khulumani Theatre Group. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 2 and 8 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Poetry reading: X.J. Kennedy. 006 Kirkbride Lecture Hall, 3 p.m. Call 831-2361.

Theatre: George Bernard Shaw's Getting Married, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Operas: The Songstress (La Canterina) and The Poor Sailor (Le pauvre matelot). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Cost, $6 for the public and $3 for students. For information, call 831-2577 or UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Tommy, presented by Harrington Theatre Arts Company, UD student drama group. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. Admission, $8 for the general public and $5 for students. For information, call 837-4000, ext. 36673.

Comedy program: Elvira Kurt, with opening act Suzi Tasca. Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Sunday, April 26

Women's lacrosse: Alumni Game (exhibition). Delaware Field, off Chestnut Hill Road, Nelson Athletic Complex, noon. Call UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Theatre: Tommy, presented by Harrington Theatre Arts Company, UD student drama group. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 2 p.m. Admission, $8 for the general public and $5 for students. For information, call 837-4000, ext. 36673.

Operas: The Songstress (La Canterina) and The Poor Sailor (Le pauvre matelot). Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Cost, $6 for the public and $3 for students. For information, call 831-2577 or UD1-HENS.

Black Arts Festival Annual Gospelrama: Multipurpose Room, Trabant University Center, 5:30 p.m. Admission, $6 for the public and $3 for students.

Film: La Promesse (Belgium 1997). Trabant University Center Theatre, 7:30 p.m. For information, call 737-3955.

Monday, April 27

Center for Teaching Effectiveness panel discussion: "Exploring Faculty Careers in Higher Education." 209-211 Trabant University Center, noon-1:30 p.m. For information or to register, call 831-2027 or send e-mail to CTE-reg@mvs.udel.edu.

Mechanical engineering seminar: "The Gas Flow in Gas-Metal Atomizers," with Pedro Espina, Fluid Flow Group, NIST. 114 Spencer Laboratory, noon-1 p.m.

Analytical and physical chemistry seminar: "A Bricks and Mortar Approach to New Solids and Surfaces," with Tom Mallouk, Penn State. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

AIDS program: "AIDS 101," with a representative from AIDS Delaware leading games to teach the basic facts about AIDS. Alumni Room, Alison Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 28

Plant and soil sciences seminar: "Phenotypic Characterization of PÇR Fingerprinting of Bradyrhizobia Isolated from U.S., Chinese and Thai Soils," with Wipa Homhaul, UD. 102 Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, noon. For information, send e-mail to hugh.frick@BRAHMS.udel.edu.

Electronic library lunch demonstration: "Birding on the Web," with Sharon Epps, UD. Class of 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, 12:10-12:50 p.m. Call 831-2231.

History workshop: "Instrumental Images: Industrialization and Photographic Representation," with Elspeth Brown, Yale University. 203 Munroe Hall, 12:30 p.m. Brown bag lunch. For information, call 831-2371.

Spring Career Fair: Trabant University Center, 1-5 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Applied coastal research seminar: "Numerical Modelling of Nearshore Currents on a Barred Beach with Rip Channels," with Kevin Haas, UD graduate student. 348 DuPont hall, 3:30 p.m.

Economics seminar: "Trust and Social History: A Replication in Bulgaria of the Berg, Dickhout and McCabe (1995) Experiment," with Kenneth Koford, UD. 118 Purnell Hall, 3:30 p.m. Call 831-1916 or 831-2563.

Slide/lecture presentation: with artists Laurie Fendrich and Peter Plagens. 202 McDowell Hall, 4 p.m. For information, call 831-4105.

Reception/information session: to highlight degree opportunities in southern Delaware. 526 Carter Partnership Center, Georgetown, 6-7 p.m. For information, call 855-1630.

Film: Seven Years in Tibet, World Cinema IV series. Georgetown Carter Partnership Center Auditorium, 7 p.m. For information, call 831-0803.

Comedy program: Spilt Milk. Bacchus Theatre, Perkins Student Center, 8:30 p.m.; doors open, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Comedy program: Carrot Top. Bob Carpenter Center, Nelson Athletic Complex, 8 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Wednesday, April 29

Lecture: "Reforming Wayward Women at the Illinois State Reformatory for Women, 1930-1970," with Mara Dodge, UD, Research on Race, Ethnicity and Culture series. Collins Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20-1:10 p.m. For information, call 831-8474.

Anthropology colloquium: "Applied Ethnohistory: The Past and the Local Commuity in the U.S. Virgin Islands," with Svend Holsoe, UD. 217 Gore Hall, 1:25-2:15 p.m.

Exhibition tour: "World of the Child: Two Hundred Years of Children's Books." Special Collections Gallery, Morris Library, 2 p.m. For information, call 831-2229.

Mathematical sciences seminar: topic to be announced, with Hisa Tsutsui, Millersville University. 436 Ewing Hall, 4 p.m.

Inorganic/organic chemistry seminar: topic to be announced, with Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California at Berkeley. 214 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

Career services workshop: "Spring Into Action! Getting Ready for Life After Delaware." 209/211 Trabant University Center, 4-5 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Theatre: Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo UI, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Concert: University Orchestra, with Peter J. McCarthy, UD, directing. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2577.

Thursday, April 30

Deadline for admission to Ph.D. candidacy for August 1998 degree conferral to graduate office

Book signing: Ed Okonowicz, UD, signing his books, Crying in the Kitchen and FIRED! University Bookstore, noon-1 p.m.

Baseball: Rider. Delaware Diamond, Nelson Athletic Complex, 3 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Career services workshop: "Making Up for Success: Presenting a Professional Image." 206 Trabant University Center, 4-5 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Fashion show: Multipurpose Rooms A/B/C, Trabant University Center, 5-8 p.m. For information, call 831-8479.

Theatre: William Wycherley's The Country Wife, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Music program: Collegium Musicum, with Russell Murray, UD, directing, and with the Brandywine Baroque. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. Admission, $5. For information, call 831-2577 or UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Tommy, presented by Harrington Theatre Arts Company, UD student drama group. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. Admission, $8 for the general public and $5 for students. For information, call 837-4000, ext. 36673.

Music program: Skip's friend from Syracuse-Andy Offutt Irwin presents his many musical antics. Hen Zone, Perkins Student Center, 8:30 p.m.; doors open, 8 p.m. Call UD1-HENS.

Friday, May 1

Sabbatical leave actions

Softball: America East Championships. Delaware Field, Nelson Athletic Complex, time to be announced. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Warriors for Christ Campus Ministries conference: on relationships, male roles, healing the past and what the purpose of knowing who God is. Center for Black Culture, 192 South College Ave., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call 837-1998 or 837-1032.

Entomology and applied ecology seminar: "Cucumber Beetles, Cucurbitacins and Cryptic Female Choice," with Douglas Tallamy, UD. 102 Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, noon; refreshments, 11:45 a.m.

Operations research seminar: "Port Simulation," with Jitin Singal, John J. McMullen & Associates. 203 Worrilow Hall, 2-3 p.m.

Biochemistry seminar: "Insulin, Elcosanoids and Heart Disease," with Barry Sears, EICOTECH Corp. 101 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

Film: Titanic. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.

Theatre: George Bernard Shaw's Getting Married, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Black Arts Festival Annual Variety Show: Mitchell Hall, 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $4. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Film: Starship Troopers. Harrington Beach, 8 p.m.

Theatre: Tommy, presented by Harrington Theatre Arts Company, UD student drama group. Pearson Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. Admission, $8 for the general public and $5 for students. For information, call 837-4000, ext. 36673.

Saturday, May 2

Handcraft Unlimited craft show: Bob Carpenter Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost, $3; kids under 12 free. For information, call UD1-HENS.

Softball: America East Championships. Delaware Field, Nelson Athletic Complex, time to be announced. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS.

Theatre: Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise ofArturo UI, presented by Professional Theatre Training Program. Hartshorn Hall, 12:30 and 7:30 p.m. For ticket information, call UD1-HENS or 831-2204.

Concert: Del'Arte Woodwind Quintet. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m. For information, call 831-2577 or UD1-HENS.

Biochemistry seminar: "Insulin, Elcosanoids and Heart Disease," with Barry Sears, EICOTECH Corp. 101 Brown Laboratory, 4 p.m.

Film: Titanic. Trabant University Center Theatre, 7 p.m. Admission, $2 with UD ID; one guest per ID.

Most University locations are wheelchair accessible.
For assistance with disability accommodations, please call (302) UD1-HENS.

Organizations

Center for Counseling and Student Development Grief and Loss Group: 5-6:30 p.m., Mondays, through May 18. 261 Perkins Student Center. Call 831-2141.

Cosmopolitan Club: Coffee hours, 6-8 p.m., Fridays, through May 22. Hen Zone, Perkins Student Center.

Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress: 4:30 p.m., Mondays, through May 18. 209/211 Trabant University Center. Call 831-2648.

HOLA: 5-6 p.m., April 23 and 30, May 7 and 14, Collins Room, Perkins Student Center. For information, call 837-1662.

Juggling Club: 3-5 p.m., Fridays, through May 15. North Mall. Call 837-8246.

Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Student Union: 6 p.m., Sundays, through May 10. Kirkwood Room, Perkins Student Center. For information, call 831-8066.

Outing Club: 7 p.m., Tuesdays, through May 19. 202 Perkins Student Center. Call 837-2606.

Shotokan Karate Club: 7:45-9 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays. Activities Room, Carpenter Sports Building.

Students Acting for Gender Equality: 6 p.m., Mondays, through May 18. 227 Trabant University Center. Call 837-3020 or 837-6306.

United Nations Association: 8-9 p.m., Sundays, April 26 and May 3. Blue and Gold Room, Perkins Student Center. Call 837-6030.

Wildlife Conservation Club: 7 p.m., first and third Thursdays, through May 7. 107 Sharp Laboratory. For information, call 369-6821.